Microsoft Entra Permissions Management
Capability scores
Methodology →- Authentication
- 3.0
- SSO & Federation
- 3.5
- Authorization
- 4.5
- Lifecycle & Provisioning
- 3.0
- MFA & Passwordless
- 3.0
- Governance & Audit
- 4.0
- Developer Experience
- 3.0
- Deployment Flexibility
- 3.0
- Pricing Transparency
- 3.5
- Support & Ecosystem
- 4.5
Scored 0–5 against a published rubric. Independent analysis, no vendor sponsorship.
Overview
Microsoft Entra Permissions Management is Microsoft's CIEM product, built from the 2021 CloudKnox acquisition and folded into the Entra identity family. It provides multi-cloud entitlement visibility across AWS, Azure, and GCP, with the Permission Creep Index as its headline metric for over-provisioning.
Capability deep-dive
The core analysis is solid: it discovers identities, measures granted versus used permissions, and can right-size roles, including on-demand and time-limited permission grants. Living inside Entra is the obvious advantage for Microsoft shops, with one identity control plane and familiar tooling. The weaknesses are real. Product investment has felt slower than independent CIEM specialists, the multi-cloud experience is strongest on Azure and thinner on AWS and GCP, and remediation depth lags the dedicated vendors. It is a capable add-on more than a category leader.
Pricing
More transparent than most CIEM vendors. Microsoft has published per-resource, per-month pricing (billed through Azure), which makes estimation easier than fully quote-based competitors. Actual cost still scales with the number of cloud resources monitored, so model your estate before committing.
Bottom line
A sensible pick for Microsoft-aligned enterprises wanting CIEM inside Entra, less compelling if you want best-of-breed depth or are not invested in the Microsoft stack.